Fig. 15.—Glass raising extraordinary.
Fig. 16.—Glass raising extraordinary.
A Novel Glass Emptier
If you are given a glass filled with water, and a bottle equally full, and then asked to empty the glass by means of the bottle, and that without emptying the bottle itself, you will imagine you have been set a very difficult task indeed.
Fig. 17.—The glass-emptying bottle.
You will soon see, however, that the solution to this seemingly difficult experiment is quite simple.
First take a cork, and in it pierce two holes. Through these gently push two straws, one being as long as the glass, the other considerably longer ([Fig. 17]).